Economic development topic of the day at BSU legislative luncheon

200 local business leaders attended Bridgewater State University's annual legislative luncheon on Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Staff Reporter

BRIDGEWATER – Massachusetts Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo headlined Bridgewater State University’s annual legislative luncheon on Wednesday.

About 200 local business leaders attended the event, which was sponsored by the Metro South Chamber of Commerce, to listen to DeLeo discuss economic development in the region and also around Massachusetts.

Brockton Mayor Bill Carpenter was also invited to address the audience and discuss his first 100 days in office.

Both Carpenter and DeLeo focused on projects currently taking place in the region, such as the redevelopment of the old Enterprise block by Trinity Financial or the proposed plan to be bring a satellite campus to downtown Brockton.

Edward Donga may be reached at edonga@enterprisenews.com.

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